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Doomsday Machine (1976)
2K
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days. Meanwhile, Project Astra, a manned U.S. space mission to Venus, is in its final hours before launch when it is taken over by the military and nearly half of its all-male crew is replaced by women. The reason for this becomes apparent when, shortly after Astra leaves orbit, the Earth is completely destroyed in a global cataclysm! Is the human race doomed? What dangers and wonders await the crew of the Astra on their journey to Venus?
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Plot:
astronaut, sexism, space travel, venus the planet, end of the world, outer space, radiation, nuclear war, racism, spacewalk, press conference, bare chested male, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, macabre, doomsday, threat, doom, cat, german shepherd, laboratory, noah's ark, strangulation, zero gravity ...
Time:
year 1972
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Most similar movies to Doomsday Machine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic and apocalyptic films with plots about apocalypse, survival, space, distopia, astronaut, post apocalypse and outer space mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Doomsday Machine: Strange New World (1975), Earth II (1971), Impact Event (2018), Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010), Without Warning (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Style:
apocalyptic, sinister, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
suspended animation, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, exploration, eternal life, snake, survival, advanced technology, lost civilization, social commentary ...
Time:
future, 70s
Similarity:
95%
483
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the near future, a space station dubbed Earth II is built for the purpose of scientific research and world peace. However, that peace is shattered when the Chinese send up a nuclear bomb that is orbiting just a few miles away from the station. ...
Style:
uplifting, exciting, serious, futuristic, bleak ...
Plot:
space station, spacewalk, space travel, distopia, outer space, space colony, nuclear threat, danger, race against time, escapades, chases and races, save the day ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A slow burn into insanity as a small band of survivors find themselves spending a post-meteoric apocalypse in a fun house converted into a bomb shelter.
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, epidemic, distopia, radiation sickness, home invasion, clown, radiation, prison, haunted house, survivor ...
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86%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a group of archaeologists dig up a human skeleton near the historical monument of STONEHENGE, an ancient piece of machinery hidden beneath the bedrock is discovered. Not knowing what it could be the workers accidentally trigger the mechanism ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ancient mystery, disaster, apocalypse, obsessive quest, danger, stonehenge, chaos, race against time, escapades, natural disaster, giant animal, giant monster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more ...
Style:
bad ending, apocalyptic, depressing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
found footage, disaster, apocalypse, asteroids and comets, natural disaster, ufo, catastrophe, bad guys win, alien invasion, epidemic, bad guy, world war ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east asia, europe, wyoming, asia, south of france ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
10,000 Days ago, Comet 23 struck Earth with the magnitude of all the nuclear weapons in the world sending the planet into a deep freeze. Now, 27 years in the future, those who survived are locked in an epic battle of life or death.
Style:
futuristic, disturbing, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disaster, winter, heroic mission, survival, post apocalypse, death, science, fear, courage, astronaut, self sacrifice, planet earth ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
73%
210
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
Style:
detective, independent film, tv series pilot
Plot:
astronaut, superhero, investigation, murder mystery, double life, male protagonist, spacewalk, eclipse, genius, new world, superhuman powers, revenge ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A newly designed spacecraft capable of going through time is sent to Mars to rescue a crew previously lost on Mars. The ship is sent through the past but to the wrong time, years later than the first crew. Once they land on Mars, the crew finds that ...
Style:
thought provoking, exciting, captivating, action packed, suspenseful ...
Plot:
spacecraft, tomb, space travel, princess, time travel, astronaut, outer space, travel, mars, dangerous mission, rescue mission, space exploration ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.
Style:
psychotronic, space horror, suspense, period piece, independent film
Plot:
mars, astronaut, outer space, space exploration, cold war, isolation, first contact, survival, cosmonaut, space opera, spacesuit, space ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
64%
6K
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awakens to find earth has suffered an extinction-level event.
Style:
suspense, visually appealing, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting ...
Plot:
trapped in space, spacecraft, asteroids and comets, astronaut, survival, space station, space shuttle, space program, space travel, disaster, scientist, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, France, Austria, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
Style:
stylized, bleak, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
astronaut, found footage, ufo, save the planet, spacecraft, space travel, apocalypse, space and aliens, prodigy, dystopian future, chaos, time travel ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the near future, a team is sent on a dangerous mission to Europa to retrieve and bring water back to a dying Earth. Their operation unexpectedly goes awry, jeopardizing not only the lives of those on board but also on earth, resulting in the ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot:
outer space, space mission, space travel, space exploration, trapped in space, mission, space adventure, human in outer space, astronaut, cosmonaut, space program, fate of humanity ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Doomsday Prophecy is a 2011 sci-fi disaster television film by Jason Bourque starring Jewel Staite, Alan Dale and A.J. Buckley.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, prophet, save the world, chaos, race against time, danger, escapades, ancient mystery, doomsday, distopia, post apocalypse, natural disaster ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, black sea, seattle, bulgaria
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack.
Style:
political, surreal, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
roadblock, death of pet, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, nuclear explosion, end of the world, nuclear war, martial law, nuclear threat, terror, epidemic, nuclear disaster ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
TV series pilot (series never launched). After a freak mishap, an astronaut finds himself on an almost precise copy of Earth (right down to the Plymouth cars). However, this planet has three moons, and is run by an Orwellian government called The ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot:
parallel universe, space opera, distopia, astronaut, spaceship, space probe, helicopter crash, book, doctor, assassination, bookstore, helicopter ...
Similarity:
53%
284K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, suspense, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time:
future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Eccentric scientist Dr .Daniel and his shy assistant Max lead a quiet life on their space station, carrying out illegal research on androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives one of whom is female. Both Dr. Daniel and Max ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, mysterious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
androids, dystopia, robot, cyberpunk, space, androids and robots, alien, cyborgs, space travel, mad scientist, female android, humanoid robot ...
Time:
future, year 1982, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Scientists must prove their time travel experiments can produce results, so their funding won't be cut off. They push their equipment, and travel 5000 years into the future, where they encounter aliens who are looking for a planet to colonize.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dinosaur, time loop, apocalypse, epidemic, time machine, disorder, heroic mission, inventions and discoveries, space travel, alien encounter, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
year 1967, prehistory, future
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global airborne pandemic has wiped out 90% of the Earth's population and only the young and immune have endured as scavengers. For Ellie and Quinn, the daily challenges to stay alive are compounded when ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, post apocalyptic, survival, distopia, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, coming of age, isolation, infection ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A television movie made from two segments of the TV Series Planet of the Apes (1974), Planet of the Apes: Tomorrow's Tide (1974) and Planet of the Apes: Up Above the World So High (1974).
Style:
action adventure, tense, bleak, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ape, planet of the apes, astronaut, post apocalypse, survival, escape, dystopia, oppression, post apocalyptic, friendship, rebellion, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Three twentieth century astronauts travel through a time warp and crash on Earth in 3085 A.D.. One of the astronauts is killed in the impact, and the two survivors, Alan Virdon and Pete Burke, find that they have returned to an Earth where their ...
Style:
action adventure, suspenseful, melancholic, psychotronic, futuristic
Plot:
planet of the apes, ape, time travel, astronaut, travel, post apocalyptic, escape, dystopia, post apocalypse, survival, ancient civilization, court martial ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
robot, dystopia, space travel, space opera, distopia, space and aliens, spaceship, post apocalypse, spacecraft, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, isolation ...
Time:
future, year 1972
Similarity:
46%
188
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Tony, the owner of a small fantastic film video shop, has found out that at times reality can defy science-fiction. The time has come to embark on a trip to a place nobody has ever been to before.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, exciting, surreal, contemplative ...
Plot:
time travel, outer space, emigration, video store, riot, space travel, brainwashing, end of the world, sect, journey, alternate reality, loneliness ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the leader of the evil Coalition threatens to destroy a Rebel planet for its resources, his daughter will have no choice but to join the Rebel side and fight for what is right.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, exciting, psychotronic ...
Plot:
space wars, intergalactic, outer space, good versus evil, galaxy, male protagonist, creature, danger, death, evil empire, super villain, space travel ...
Time:
distant future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mankind is nearly extinct in this post-apocalyptic creature thriller. Most humans died from a deadly plague and the ice age they manufactured to eradicate it. A man named Vargas leads a group of survivors on a quest to reach Shangri-La, the last ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, ice age, mutant, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, struggle for survival, cold, mutation, plague, survivor, creature feature ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A global steelworks company partners with an aerospace firm to mine the Moon. But when a drilling accident causes a giant piece of the Moon to crack off and hurtle towards Earth, the surviving space team and the head of the firm must figure out how ...
Style:
apocalyptic, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
desert, moon, armageddon, asteroid, scientist, disaster, space, earth, planet, meteorite, planet earth, catastrophe ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to replenish some of our natural resources. However, unbeknownst to the team, ...
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, grim, space horror ...
Plot:
space, spacecraft, astronaut, sabotage, danger, betrayal, survival, conspiracy, paranoia, catastrophe, dystopian future, claustrophobia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
chile
Similarity:
43%
599
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, survival, rivalry, dystopian future, life is a bitch, chaos, escapades, androids and robots, soldier, man versus machine, society, space travel ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
For Millennia the Aliien force has watched and waited, a brooding menace that has now at last decided to take over the Earth. Communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference and this has turned into a ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien invasion, creature, survival, human versus alien, society, alien contact, save the world, fictional war, extraterrestrial, battlefield, alien encounter, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the year 2163 the starship Ikarie XB-1 (Ikarus XB-1) is sent to the mysterious "White Planet" orbiting the star Alpha Centauri. Travelling at near-light speed, the journey takes around 28 months for the astronauts, although the effects ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, mysterious, cult classic, black and white ...
Plot:
space, space opera, european, utopia, planet, spacesuit, lost in space, machine, monster, giant monster, alien, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 1963, 22nd century
Place:
czechoslovakia
Similarity:
39%
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